Episode #225 - Keith Foskett (Fozzie)

Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

We've got quite the show today, coming in at over 90 minutes. There's something for everybody, with Keith Foskett, one of the best writers on hiking, sharing his stories and hikes with wit and introspection. We'll be having his Balancing on Blue as our next book on the podcast, so it was great hearing about how he developed as both a hiker and writer.

If you want to learn more about Keith or buy some of his books, you can go to his website, https://www.keithfoskett.com/ where you'll find links to each book, his blog, some info on his hikes and a contact page.

You can also find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Keith-Foskett-Fozzie-270894196286427/

On Twitter at https://twitter.com/KeithFoskett

and on his Amazon Author page at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keith-Foskett/e/B00A535AQ6?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_5&qid=1592228832&sr=8-5

Phoenix has been struggling with her ankle recently and, when she texted me on Thursday, I was expecting the worst, though she was in great spirits. Find out what happened.

There are a few additional parts to the show this week, including an initiative by Bruce "RTK" Matson, so we hopped on the phone and were joined by Neville Harris of Woods Hole Hostel. Check out the Woods Hole website to learn more about Bruce's initiative. http://woodsholehostel.com/

And, for reasons that will become obvious, we get to meet Sean Campbell, or Bounce Da Hiker. Check out Bounce's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bYx8ZiGBNPrJfu9eqY57A/videos

Finally, Grandma Gatewood does the unthinkable–and goes again!! What a woman!!

If you like what we're doing on the Hiking Radio Network, please consider supporting us with either a one-off or monthly donation. The donate button is on the Mighty Blue podcast page at https://mightyblueontheat.com/the-podcast/

Any support is gratefully received.

Music for the "A Woman of a Certain Age" segment is by permission of Kate's friend, John Jensen. You can see and hear it in full on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlP7g7qivo4

Thanks, John.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers
0:05.2	about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:34.2	Hi guys and thanks for coming back to the show. And believe me, we've got quite the show today.
0:39.5	Firstly, let's welcome you back to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis.
0:44.3	And I'm your host, Steve Adams, on Mighty Blue. Now, I normally have three bits of audio,
0:49.4	but today we've got five to fit in. There are reasons for this, of course, and they will become apparent as the show goes on.
0:56.0	We've still got our main guests.
0:57.5	We still have Kate or Phoenix, and we still have Grandma Gatewood,
1:00.6	who decides that the best way to celebrate a through hike of the Appalachian Trailing in 60s
1:04.5	is to go and do it again.
1:06.7	Now, who on earth will be so daft as to do that?
1:11.0	This week's main guest is Keith Foskett or Fossey.
1:14.4	Keith very kindly gave me permission to read his Appalachian Trail through hiking book,
1:18.2	balancing on blue, which I will do when Grandma Gatewood stops climbing mountains.
1:23.2	That's going to be in a couple of weeks' time, but Keith is quite the hiking pedigree,
1:26.6	so I thought I'd bring him on the show and we chat about that. Then we'll have Phoenix, our woman of a certain age, and if you recall, she was starting to struggle last week, with her ankle really playing up. And I meant that I and some of you, well, we had our concerns. She texted me on Thursday last week and said that a lot has gone on.
1:46.6	So I got on the phone and, well, you're going to hear about what happened after Keith.
1:51.5	Then, before we get on to Grandma Gatewood, I've got two more bits of audio to share,
1:56.0	but let's just let it unwind.
1:57.8	So sit back, grab a coffee, and listen to Keith Foskett or Fossey.
2:06.5	I'm so pleased to be able to introduce our guest today, partly to thank him because he
2:11.0	recently gave me permission to read his Appalachian Trail story on the show. The book is Balancing
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